Practice question
A claimant establishes an initial medical injury but then adds a later death claim. Expert and other evidence fail to connect that later death naturally and continuously to the alleged initial negligence. May the court infer the entire death loss solely from the earlier injury?
- Yes, proving one injury proves every subsequent condition
- No; the causal scope of the claimed loss requires proof
- Yes, all chronological events are one legal chain
- Yes, damages remove the need for causation
- Yes, a death certificate is never relevant
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 1735, 1755-1756, 2176, 2179, 2184-2185 and 2214: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Abrogar v. Cosmos Bottling Co., G.R. No. 164749, March 15, 2017, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html
- Spouses Nuñez v. Dr. Daz, G.R. No. 246489, January 29, 2024, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_246489_2024.html
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